Viennese jazz keyboard master and composer, Joe Zawinul, died on Tuesday. He is probably best remembered for his role in putting the fusion band Weather Report together after he and Wayne Shorter had left the Miles Davis group. One of my favourite pieces of modern jazz was a Zawinul composition, Mercy Mercy Mercy - a track which Herbie Hancock once said was a 'very black track' ...
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